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Format: CricInfo Version 1t

Test # 540 (540/29)
New Zealand v England, 1962/63, 1st Test
Eden Park, Auckland
23,25,26,27 February 1963 (4-day match)

Result: England won by an innings and 215 runs
England leads the 3-Test series 1-0

Toss: England
Umpires: JMA Brown and RWR Shortt
Test Debuts: BW Sinclair, BW Yuile (NZ).

Close of Play:

  • Day 1: England 328/5 (Parfitt 33*, Knight 39*)
  • Day 2: England 562/7d, New Zealand 66/4 (Reid 34*, Sparling 0*)
  • Day 3: New Zealand 258 and 42/4 (Sinclair 0*)
    England 1st innings                                             R   M   4  6
    Rev.DS Sheppard       c Dick             b Cameron             12  85   0  0
    R Illingworth         c Reid             b Cameron             20  48   4  0
    KF Barrington         c Playle           b Cameron            126 254  15  1
    *ER Dexter            c Barton           b Yuile                7  21   1  0
    MC Cowdrey            c Barton           b Cameron             86 162   9  1
    PH Parfitt            not out                                 131 289  14  0
    BR Knight                                b Alabaster          125 215  14  0
    FJ Titmus             st Dick            b Sparling            26  25   3  0
    +JT Murray            not out                                   9  14   0  0
    Extras                (b 18, lb 1, nb 1)                       20
    Total                 (7 wickets declared, 186 overs)         562
    
    DNB: JDF Larter, LJ Coldwell.
    
    FoW: 1-24 (Illingworth), 2-45 (Sheppard), 3-63 (Dexter),
         4-229 (Cowdrey), 5-258 (Barrington), 6-498 (Knight),
         7-535 (Titmus).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Motz                        42     12     98      0
    Cameron                     43      7    118      4
    Alabaster                   40      6    130      1
    Yuile                       21      4     77      1
    Reid                        28      8     67      0
    Sparling                    12      2     52      1
    
    New Zealand 1st innings                                         R   M   4  6
    GT Dowling                               b Coldwell             3  17   0  0
    WR Playle             c Dexter           b Larter               0   4   0  0
    PT Barton             c Sheppard         b Larter               3  17   0  0
    *JR Reid                                 b Titmus              59 135   8  2
    BW Sinclair           c Coldwell         b Titmus              24  77   3  0
    JT Sparling           c Murray           b Larter               3  30   0  0
    +AE Dick              run out                                  29 107   3  0
    BW Yuile              run out                                  64 190   7  0
    RC Motz               c Murray           b Knight              60 114   7  1
    JC Alabaster                             b Knight               2  13   0  0
    FJ Cameron            not out                                   0   3   0  0
    Extras                (b 5, lb 3, w 1, nb 2)                   11
    Total                 (all out, 110.4 overs)                  258
    
    FoW: 1-0 (Playle), 2-7 (Dowling), 3-7 (Barton), 4-62 (Sinclair),
         5-71 (Sparling), 6-109 (Reid), 7-161 (Dick), 8-256 (Yuile),
         9-258 (Motz), 10-258 (Alabaster).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Coldwell                    27      9     66      1
    Larter                      26     12     51      3
    Knight                      10.4    2     23      2
    Titmus                      25      9     44      2
    Barrington                  12      4     38      0
    Dexter                       9      4     20      0
    Illingworth                  1      0      5      0
    
    New Zealand 2nd innings (following on)                          R   M   4  6
    GT Dowling                               b Illingworth         14  82   0  0
    WR Playle             c Dexter           b Coldwell             4  35   0  0
    PT Barton             lbw                b Titmus              16  54   1  0
    JT Sparling           c Barrington       b Illingworth          0  12   0  0
    BW Sinclair                              b Larter               2  17   0  0
    *JR Reid              not out                                  21  66   3  0
    +AE Dick              c Illingworth      b Larter               0   1   0  0
    BW Yuile              lbw                b Larter               1  16   0  0
    RC Motz                              c & b Illingworth         20  20   2  1
    JC Alabaster          c Titmus           b Illingworth          0   4   0  0
    FJ Cameron                               b Larter               1   7   0  0
    Extras                (b 2, lb 8)                              10
    Total                 (all out, 53.1 overs)                    89
    
    FoW: 1-15 (Playle), 2-42 (Dowling), 3-42 (Barton),
         4-42 (Sparling), 5-46 (Sinclair), 6-46 (Dick), 7-56 (Yuile),
         8-83 (Motz), 9-83 (Alabaster), 10-89 (Cameron).
    
    Bowling                      O      M      R      W
    Coldwell                     5      2      4      1
    Larter                      14.1    3     26      4
    Knight                      10      2     13      0
    Titmus                       6      5      2      1
    Illingworth                 18      7     34      4
    

    • Eng 1st innings:
    • Parfitt/Knight partnership of 240 new record for sixth wicket. An umpiring error by Short allowed Sparling to bowl 11 balls (excluding wides and no-balls) in his sixth over (!)




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    Team Pages: New Zealand, England.

    Ground Page: Eden Park, Auckland

    England Player Pages: Rev.DS Sheppard, R Illingworth, KF Barrington, ER Dexter, MC Cowdrey, PH Parfitt, BR Knight, FJ Titmus, JT Murray, JDF Larter, LJ Coldwell.

    New Zealand Player Pages: GT Dowling, WR Playle, PT Barton, JR Reid, BW Sinclair, JT Sparling, AE Dick, BW Yuile, RC Motz, JC Alabaster, FJ Cameron.

    Match Officials' Pages: JMA Brown, RWR Shortt.

    Thanks: Travis, Vishal
     Contributed by Jeff Thomas (jthomas@bmgtmail.umd.edu)  
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